Sophie Adenot: First French woman to walk in space
Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on August 18, accompanied by American astronaut Anil Menon.
Washington, NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot finished a spacewalk 23 minutes early, unable to replace the faulty space-to-ground antenna on the International Space Station. The two, menon, from Kerala, India, and Adenot, a Frenchwoman, began their six-hour, 23-minute spacewalk on August 18. As the spacewalk completed, they had successfully removed the malfunctioning antenna but not replaced it with the spare on hand.
Mission Control declared insufficient time for completing the installation during the same spacewalk. The replacement procedure is slated for a future spacewalk, according to NASA. Menon and Adenot also performed upkeep tasks and swapped a portable foot restraint during the mission. Adenot became the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk during this assignment.
The critical antenna maintains high-speed communications between Mission Control in Houston and the space station. Despite their best efforts, the astronauts found themselves in challenging circumstances, but they praised the well-thought-out contingencies. The spacewalk marked the 282nd in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.
Earlier this month, Menon and fellow astronaut Jessica Meir prepared the station's power system for the installation of another solar array.
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